Word: bowles
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...acclaim he so richly deserved, or paid for, depending on your point of view. "You did it, Big Daddy!" said a cowboy-booted courtier. Actually, Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith, Michael Irvin and the other boys did it, but with the team about to win a third Super Bowl in four years, it's hard not to credit Jones, especially with that huge Nike symbol hanging from the cables above the field...
...million for selling the Cowboy name to companies like Nike. Or the smirk on the face of coach Barry Switzer, who can laugh at those who called him a buffoon, now that the Cowboys are favored by two touchdowns to beat their traditional rivals, the Pittsburgh Steelers, in Super Bowl XXX, Jan. 28 in Tempe, Ariz. Or the smirk on the face of wide receiver Irvin, whose in-game dancing and postgame cursing took something away from his heroics, and defensive back Deion Sanders, whose declarations of love for the Cowboys are somewhat mitigated by the $35 million Jones will...
...then they go and spoil it all by saying something stupid or arrogant or hypocritical. After literally swearing his allegiance to Switzer on national television, Irvin then declared, "We're going home. Last year we rented out the Super Bowl [to the 49ers], and now we're going back to see if they cleaned up after themselves." Privately, the Cowboys have expressed more concern than confidence in the game-management skills of Switzer. Yet to hear them talk after Sunday's game, Switzer is a sort of laissez-faire savant. "Nobody deserves this more than Barry," said Irvin...
TEMPE, AZ: Who will triumph in Sun Devil Stadium Sunday, when the swaggering Dallas Cowboys meet the gritty Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XXX? Sportswriter Steve Wulf weighs in with his prediction: "The only area where the Steelers have the upper hand is in the coaching department, and Bill Cowher is not that much better of a coach than Barry Switzer, so I think the Cowboys will win going away. The Cowboys should win by more than two touchdowns...
...Sugar Bowl, Texas defensive back Ron McKelvey was revealed to be 30-year-old Ron Weaver. Driven by an undiminished desire to play college football, Weaver had changed his identity and illegally prolonged his college football career for six years. The Division I football program of the University of Texas was his Mount Olympus, an untapped fountain of youth...